Wichita eagle., 1887-07-16

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spondmt and chilly. .ssss7.
Wease lately in receipt of some clfmat
which for activity Ssd audacity rfvale'
anything yet produced.
The evening that it came upon Us, wa
at peace with the world and, in the sim
plicity of ignorance started out foe walk
AS ! turned the key in my antique from
! door I noticed that dark cloud hung owe
/ British America, one over the Gulf o1
Mexico, one over Ohio and another ovel
the Pacific Ocean. mentally calculated
that it would take week for them to ge
together and commingle into climate
elated with this demonstration I stepped
bouyantly into the sand bank which winds
its way past my quiet sdomicile and into
our busy city.
(Our city has population Of twenty,
five, doubling itself every Thursday.
| Thus / meandered, intent upon the pros
poets of the watermelon crop, when on a
sudden I discovered that shower was
falling. Accustomed as am to brick bats
and eggs, paid little attention to the en-
tertainment until 1 found that the shower
was too, light for brick bats and too fresh
for eggs and looking up saw the heavens,
as it were, studded with gigantic hail
stones. At this point I fell under con-
venient board pile.
Sofo1u opo ~, fbio rofraof Il Won.
tured to look out The gentle breeze was
coming my way. 1t seemed that the eli
mate. deeply sensible of my desire to find
it, was about to present itself without the
ceremony of an introduction.
1t had its glittering eye upon me and
sought me out. 1t caught me, In its en-
brace and bore me out into the animated
atmosphere l soon discovered by the d.
minishing size of the sweet potatoes that
we were jumping in the direction of my
Queen Ann mortgaged residence. WhileI
was fumbling for the front door key, the
wind veered. We were now approaching
my house but at right angles to the key
hole. My query as to how could enter
was answered. as was fired through a
south window and prostrated at my
argand hearthstone. in the presence of my
sadeyed wife. Ic.. ss;-z-,,
The succeeding hours of that night were
crowded with Incidents and climate, as the
invigeratiDg zephyrs struck my mansion,
now on the star board side then on the
other nautical sides. filled my lungs
with oxygen and other chemicals, and
thought of the monotony of life in various
states of the Union. As the zephyrs in
creased in intensity and vigor, remember
ed that an old settler had said, "'while the
days here might be warm. a breeze always
sprang up in the evening"" though these
words were uttered by me in low musical
tones, my wife thought she detected a
touch of sarcasm in my voice.
As I sat amid the ruins of former |
rocking chairs and cooking utensils, 1 !
heard knocking at my chamber door.
fastening to undo the latch I found my
surrey buggy had been reused from its |
In the stable and was seeking ad-
mission there. + og-..t
We spent that night on our knees. Pill
ing the ice chest on the bed, I took off the
cord and anchored my wife and myself to
the base burner Thus secure, We fell |
asleep. '-''' 'i-- -3l'I1
We awoke above beautiful stretch of |
country; wewere travelling westward and |
rapidly. The air was still pure and brac-
ing. Below us lay the virgin prairie await
ing the coming Of the pioneer, but we did |
not stop. At noon the breeze changed and |
we were borne eastward. About o'clock |
familiar objects became visible and at !
o'clock we arrived at home, in time to |
prepare supper for the coroner who was
sitting on brass button, the only article of
value left about my premises
Out of these celebrating incidents there
has sprung up an attachment for Kansas
which can only be broken off by the sheriff
who holds the original writ
l am too well known here to give refer
enees:: but when assert that 1 have been
In the newspaper business myself it will
give credence to the facts so fully set forth
above Yours climatically.
b. A. WELKIS. 1